Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	bishop_n	church_n	jurisdiction_n	5,357	5	9.3309	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66899	Moses and Aaron, the king and the priest by the author of the examination of Tilenus before the triers, in the time of the late rebellion.	Womock, Laurence, 1612-1685.	1675 (1675)	Wing W3346; ESTC R20340	27,170	67

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